• FROM LIGHT TO PRODUCT Enabling photonics product innovation with a path to high-volume manufacturing
  • Technologies & Services Find out how to engage and start your first prototyping

Welcome to photonixFAB

The objective of this EU-funded project is to establish a European photonics device value chain and initial industrial manufacturing capabilities, providing a path to scalable high-volume manufacturing for innovative product developers.

About photonixFAB

The main goal is to develop and strengthen the EU open market with a competitive industrial-grade and mass-production scalable SiN and SOI photonics platforms, enhanced with the heterogeneous integration pilot lines to further support SME innovation and prototyping activities on a path to mass production

News

From November 12 to 15, 2024, the global semiconductor community gathered in Munich, Germany, for the world's leading electronics trade show and conference.

PIC Summit Europe 2024

photonixFAB joins leading European photonics event for the seocnd time as an exhibitor. Besides the booth, there were numerous contributions to the conference program.

On July 5, 2024, the EU published a Chips JU call for "Pilot Line on Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits".

Value Chain

We want to establish a European photonics device value chain and initial industrial manufacturing capabilities, providing a path to scalable high-volume manufacturing for innovative product developers.


Photonic design / EDA


PIC foundry & testing


Heterogeneous integration


Active material
III-V chiplets


Packaging & testing


Systems & applications

Project Partners

The photonixFAB consortium is made up of major public and private enterprises, plus highly respected research institutes – all focusing on the development and production of next-generation silicon photonics. These high-profile partners include technology and manufacturing service providers X-FAB, LIGENTEC, SMART Photonics, PHIX Photonics Assembly and Luceda Photonics plus application developers Nokia, NVIDIA, Aryballe, PhotonFirst and Thales, as well as the major research organizations CEA-Leti and IMEC.

Technologies & Services

photonixFAB is ready for first prototyping. For early technology access, explore the different capabilities offered by the respective members of the photonixFAB consortium. You can explore the technologies and services that are already available and select the technology/service of interest in the contact form through which your inquiry will then be directed to the relevant partners.